Philip Chism

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) _ The family of a Massachusetts high school teacher who was raped and murdered by a 14-year-old student has filed a lawsuit against the town where she was killed, the school department and a cleaning company whose workers washed away potential evidence...

A Massachusetts teenager has been convicted of raping and killing his high school math teacher. Philip Chism was convicted Tuesday in the 2013 slaying of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old algebra teacher at Danvers High School, about 25 miles north of Boston...

Danvers High School will get nearly $50,000 in federal funds to help recover from the slaying of a popular teacher in October.       Student Philip Chism has pleaded not guilty in the Oct. 22 death of 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer, whose body was found in woods near the school with her throat slit and a note reading, ``I hate you all.'' ...

A 14-year-old Massachusetts boy has pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges in the killing of his high school math teacher.       Philip Chism is accused in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School. Rit...

A 14-year-old Massachusetts boy is set to be arraigned this week in the killing of his high school math teacher.       Philip Chism is accused of murder in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School.  ...

A 14-year-old boy has been indicted on murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges in the death of his popular algebra teacher at Danvers High School.       The indictment issued Thursday charges Philip Chism in the Oct. 22 ...

While a community mourns the murder of a 24-year-old Massachusetts teacher, details of the crime continue to get more disturbing.  A classmate of the 14-year-old murder suspect tells the "Boston Globe" Colleen Ritzer asked Philip Chism to stay after class on the day she was murdered...

A 14-year-old Massachusetts high school student charged with killing a teacher has been ordered held without bail. Philip Chism was ordered held at his arraignment in adult court on a murder charge in Salem. Prosecutors say the teen beat well-liked Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer to death...